Canon EOS 5Ds R with Tamron 150-600 mm lens; 600 mm; ISO-2000; f/7.1; 1/2500 sec.
This page is for the Sora (Melospiza melodia). My first photographic evidence occurred on December 30, 2021 at the Fort Worth Nature Preserve, Fort Worth, TX. I was talking to another birder as my time in the field was coming to a close for the day, and we kept hearing something near the water’s edge, so we climbed on the rocks that separate the trail from the water and saw this little guy just hanging out. He posed for us for quite a while before swimming into the reeds. Neither of us knew what the bird was. I looked it up when I got home and found out it was a Sora, which I did not know existed until that moment. It was a wonderful discovery!
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-8000; f/11; 1/1000 sec.
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-2000; f/10; 1/800 sec.